These U.S. States Have The Fastest Internet Speeds

According to Akamai, internet connection speed averaged 14.2 megabytes per second (mbps) for U.S. internet users in the last quarter of 2015, considerably slower than South Korea (26.7 mbps) or Japan (17.4 mbps). However, some states do have connection speeds faster than the national average. American internet users have the highest speeds in D.C. (a federal district rather than a state) averaging 21.3 mbps followed by Delaware and Rhode Island.

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This chart shows average internet connection speed in U.S. states in Q4 2015.

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Share of fixed broadband internet connections in the United States with over 100 Mbps advertised download speed as of June 2025, by state
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5G download speeds in the United States in 2022, by state
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Ranking of European countries with the highest average internet connection speed in 2022 (in Mbits/s)
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Ranking of the average internet connection speed by country 2020 (in Mbit/s)
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Ranking of the average internet connection speed in Asia by country 2020 (in Mbit/s)
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Ranking of the average internet connection speed in Australasia by country 2020 (in Mbit/s)

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